One with at least three channels. I hear they are coming out with colour TV but I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I see colour in real life already, why does it need to be in my TV too? Also make sure the dial isn't too stiff (or too loose, god knows I've had my fair share of dials just pop right off).

It's bigger than your comfortable field of vision. You'd have to actually move your eyes to see other parts of the screen comfortably. You'd be more comfortable with a 50", as I think that's the smallest panasonic makes for those plasmas, and even then it's still a bit large. I'd recommend moving your couch or viewing seat back another 2 feet if possible, it will feel much more comfortable.

If you can, go to a store and just try looking at a tv the size you're thinking of from said distance. If you feel comfortable with it, go for that size and try amazon for a good deal.

So Valve officially launched Steam for Linux today. In case I haven't mentioned it before I'm one of those dirty Linux users, so naturally I went and downloaded it...

"package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)"

Is this some sort of sick joke, Valve? You just launched a new gaming service that only supports 10 year old CPUs?! You have got to be kidding me...this is 2013. What kind of person even remotely interested in gaming doesn't have a 64 bit system by now? I would think if you were only going to support one architecture it would be 64 bit...